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The Death of a God and Other Stories
by Osbert Sitwell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Association copy, inscribed by Sitwell to his longtime housekeeper, Miss Noble [Miss Noble is discussed in Philip Ziegler's biography of Osbert]. Red cloth with gilt and black stamped spine. Some browning to endpapers, else interior is clean and crisp. Dust jacket illustrated by Harry Cowdell. Jacket has some small chipping at head of spine and a few short closed tears to the top edge of the front panel; rear panel rubbed; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 246, [2] pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015314
- Title
- The Death of a God and Other Stories
- Author
- Osbert Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- short stories, association copy, Miss Noble, Harry Cowdell,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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